#5A197C#5A197C

#5A197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.159 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A197C
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.72, 45.45, -42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.72, 62.20, 316.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.1035 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.159 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2015, 4.3244, 19.4675)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A197C #3B7C19

analogous

#29197C #5A197C #7C196D

triadic

#5A197C #7C5A19 #197C5A

tetradic

#5A197C #7C2919 #3B7C19 #196D7C

square

#5A197C #7C2919 #3B7C19 #196D7C

split-complementary

#5A197C #6D7C19 #197C29

monochromatic

#120519 #350F49 #5A197C #7F23AF #A138D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#5A197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5A197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A197C

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A197C	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.159 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea3',
    500: '#5a197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a197c;
$custom-light: #8d5ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.394,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37146,
    "c": 0.15874,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A197C

secondary

#67B040

accent

#E93E79

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A197C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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